US 12,138,213 B2
Tactile stimulus providing apparatus
Younghun Ko, Daejeon (KR); and Kiuk Gwak, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to BHAPTICS INC., Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 16/621,077
Filed by BHAPTICS INC., Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/006672
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 10, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/230949, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0074417 (KR), filed on Jun. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0206074 A1, Jul. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A41D 1/04 (2006.01); A61H 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 23/0263 (2013.01) [A41D 1/002 (2013.01); A41D 1/04 (2013.01); A61H 11/00 (2013.01); A41D 2400/322 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tactile stimulation providing apparatus in a form of a vest, the tactile stimulation providing apparatus comprising:
a first front panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between a first side and a second side thereof;
a second front panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between a first side and a second side thereof, wherein the first side of the second front panel is fastenable to the second side of the first front panel;
a fastening member fastening the second side of the first front panel and the first side of the second front panel;
a rear panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between a first side and a second side thereof;
a first wing band;
a second wing band;
a first detachable wing band member located at a first end and a front surface of the first wing band;
a second detachable wing band member located on a front surface of the first front panel and on the front surface of the first wing band, the second detachable wing band member being detachable from the first detachable wing band member;
a third detachable wing band member located at a first end and a front surface of the second wing band;
a fourth detachable wing band member located on a front surface of the second front panel and on the front surface of the second wing band, the fourth detachable wing band member being detachable from the third detachable wing band member;
a fifth detachable wing band member located at the first end of a rear surface of the first wing band, the fifth detachable wing band member being detachable from the second detachable wing band member;
a sixth detachable wing band member located at the first end of a rear surface of the second wing band, the sixth detachable wing band member being detachable from the fourth detachable wing band member;
a seventh detachable wing band member located between the fifth detachable wing band member and a second end of the rear surface of the first wing band, the seventh detachable wing band member being detachable from the second detachable wing band member; and
an eighth detachable wing band member located between the sixth detachable wing band member and a second end of the rear surface of the second wing band, the eighth detachable wing band member being detachable from the fourth detachable wing band member,
wherein each of a vertical width of the first end of the first wing band, a vertical width of the first detachable wing band member, and a vertical width of the fifth detachable wing band member is greater than that of an inner circumference of a first ring,
wherein each of a vertical width of the first end of the second wing band, a vertical width of the third detachable wing band member, and a vertical width of the sixth detachable wing band member is greater than that of an inner circumference of a second ring,
wherein each of a vertical width of the second detachable wing band member and a vertical width of the seventh detachable wing band member is less than that of the inner circumference of the first ring,
wherein each of a vertical width of the fourth detachable wing band member and a vertical width of the eighth detachable wing band member is less than that of the inner circumference of the second ring,
wherein the first side of the rear panel is fastenable to the first side of the first front panel through the first wing band that a) is connected to the first side of the first front panel, b) loops through the first ring connected to the first side of the rear panel and thereby folds over the first ring, c) thereafter is rolled at the first end of the first wing band to reduce a length of the first wing band by attaching the first detachable wing band member and the fifth detachable wing band member to the second detachable wing band member sequentially, and d) thereafter attaches at the front surface between the first side and the second side of the first front panel without crossing the fastening member by attaching the seventh detachable wing band member to the second detachable wing band member, and
wherein the second side of the rear panel is fastenable to the second side of the second front panel through the second wing band that a) is connected to the second side of the second front panel, b) loops through the second ring connected to the second side of the rear panel and thereby folds over the second ring, c) thereafter is rolled at the first end of the second wing band to reduce a length of the second wing band by attaching the third detachable wing band member and the sixth detachable wing band member to the fourth detachable wing band member sequentially, and d) thereafter attaches at the front surface between the first side and the second side of the second front panel without crossing the fastening member by attaching the eighth detachable wing band member to the fourth detachable wing band member.